Image (L-R): Speakers Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Dr Matthew Robertson, and Wayne Jordash KC at the IPAC Summit 2025. IPAC Summit 2025 – Speeches by Sir Geoffrey Nice KC, Dr Matthew Robertson, and Wayne Jordash KC 07 November 2025: At the fifth annual Summit of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), three distinguished…
IPAC Lawmakers Pledge to Advance Legislation to Prohibit & Prevent Forced Organ Harvesting and Organ Trafficking Members of the Inter-parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) from 28 countries met last week in Brussels for the fifth annual Summit. Cross-party Lawmakers discussed a range of human rights issues including upholding peace and stability in the Taiwan…
Upcoming Online Event: People’s Tribunals and Business and Human Rights Presented by: Genocide Watch, Global Rights Compliance and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China REGISTER HERE – Timezones suitable for UK/Europe/United States/Canada DECEMBER 5TH – 11.30 AM (EST) / 4.30 PM (GMT) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peoples-tribunals-and-business-and-human-rights-tickets-1090316057679 EVENT DESCRIPTION Victims and experts discuss…
Acting Against Transplant Abuse in China (Remarks prepared for a Parliamentary briefing Canberra, Australia November 23, 2022) by David Matas Thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak to you today about transplant abuse in China. I have been working on this issue now for more than sixteen years, and have met before…
ETAC is honored to have been invited to participate in the below webinar hosted by the Committee on Present Danger: China. Scroll down to view video The practice of forcibly taking organs from prisoners of conscience as a means of punishment and to raise revenue for the government continues in China. This webinar brings together…
Speech by Amb. Andrew Bremberg President and CEO, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) Rally for the 22nd Anniversary of the Persecution of Falun Gong, July 16, 2021 The systematic targeting of people of faith is a feature of the Chinese Communist Party. Sadly, the Falun Gong movement is an important tragic story in…
The proliferation of smartphones and social media has increased awareness of events that might otherwise go unreported. However, as digital data is easy to manipulate, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to use this footage as evidence. Even footage depicting heinous crimes, if it cannot be verified, may be of little use to legal…
The following speech was given by Ethan Gutmann at the ‘Persecution of Families in Times of Unfreedom’ event held as part of the Mene Tekel festival in Prague. Now in its 13 year, the festival includes an international conference held to highlight totalitarianism, evil and violence, and the human tragedies and heroism of people living under communist…
INTERIM JUDGMENT The Independent Tribunal Into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience In China The three days of hearings witnesses from around the world are now concluded. As forecast in my opening remarks, the Tribunal has, in the course of hearing witnesses, started its investigatory function and there will be a further hearing or…
The Independent Tribunal into Forced Organ Harvesting from Prisoners of Conscience in China For the first time 30 fact witnesses and experts from around the world step forward to give evidence before an independent people’s tribunal chaired by Sir Geoffrey Nice QC (former prosecutor of war crimes at the UN’s tribunal for the former Yugoslavia).…
INTRODUCTION 1. I am Geoffrey Nice Chairman of the CHINATRIBUNAL 2. My six colleagues and I will each introduce ourselves at the end of these introductory remarks 3. This tribunal has been established by the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC). ETAC is an Australian charity comprised of a coalition of lawyers,…
November 15, 2018 The 2018 American Society of Criminology annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, featured a roundtable on “Human rights violations in organ procurement practice in China.” Matthew Robertson, China Studies Research Fellow at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and Peter Liu, Professor of Criminology at Monmouth University, gave presentations to a highly interested…
On Tuesday 16th October, The UK Parliament held an event on organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China. Hosted by Jim Shannon MP, and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion of Belief. This was the third event inside the last 12 months, listening to evidence from from Lord…
3rd Parliamentary Briefing on Forced Organ Harvesting in China Westminster, London – 16 October 2018 Remarks of Dolkun Isa – President, World Uyghur Congress Thank you all for inviting me to speak today. Organ harvesting is a terrible crime that has affected Uyghurs in the past and may now be escalating. In fact, the first…
On Monday September 17 international human rights barrister Madeleine Bridgett gave a speech entitled ‘China’s Plastinated Bodies and Specimen Industry – What is Australia’s Responsibility?’ at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. She was joined by human rights lawyer David Matas and expert on Asia democracy Louisa Greve, to discuss why the eradication campaign against Falun Gong…
On Monday September 17 long time human rights advocate and expert on Asia democracy Louisa Greve gave a speech via video link entitled ‘The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis: What the Australian Government Can Do’ at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. Greve joined a panel with human rights lawyer David Matas and human rights barrister Madeleine…
Victimization and Human Rights Strategy: The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs Remarks for the World Society of Victimology Conference, Hong Kong, 10 June 2018 by David Matas. I presented a paper to the 2015 World Society of Victimology Symposium in which I advanced the thesis that combating the worst victimization, rather than the…
Transplant Abuse: Organ Sourcing in China Professor of clinical ethics at Macquarie University Wendy Rogers gave a presentation on ‘Transplant abuse: organ sourcing in China‘ at the Hepatobiliary and Transplant Anaesthesia Teaching Month at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane on August 30, 2018. Rogers’ presentation detailed: Prior to 2015, organs in China were sourced from prisoners,…
Ethan Gutmann July 2018 Three years ago, I spoke to the Senat about Chinese organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience. What has occurred since then – both in terms of our investigation and the Chinese Communist Party’s response to it – is a remarkable story. Yet I am here today to tell you…
On June 22 2018 at Parliament House Australia, Wendy Rogers and Susie Hughes addressed the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade. The Committee was asked to inquire into and report on The status of the human right to freedom of religion or belief. Below is ETAC’s presentation to the Senate Hearing (PDF…